Science and Technology Review

Science and Technology Review

These are resources that we found interesting or useful. The list is not complete in any way. New entries are added periodically at the end of the list.

• The Knowledge-based Economy - OECD
• National Research Council Canada
• MIT's Technology Review
• MIT World (Distributed Intelligence)
  
• Union of Concerned Scientists (Citizens of Scientists for Environmental Solutions)
  

MIT 10 Emerging Technologies Review (TR 10 Technologies)

Please refer to MIT Technology Review for more information.

Year 2012:

MIT Technology Review:

"The TR10 represents the 10 most important technological milestones reached in the last 12 months. To compile the list, Technology Review selects the technologies we believe will have the greatest impact on the shape of innovation in years to come. This impact can take very different forms: one technology points toward a method of discovering better battery materials for mobile devices and electric vehicles; another offers a new way for entrepreneurs to fund the commercialization of emerging technologies. But in all cases, these are breakthroughs with the potential to transform the world."

Please refer to MIT's Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2012 for more details.

Year 2011:

MIT Technology Review:

"Every year, Technology Review looks at the advances that have happened over the previous year and chooses 10 emerging technologies that we think will have the greatest impact. The ultimate criterion is straightforward: is the technology likely to change the world? This year’s group includes high-energy batteries that could make cheaper hybrid and electric vehicles possible and a new class of electrical transformers that could stabilize power grids. Some of our choices will alter how you use technology: you’ll be tapping into computationally intensive applications on mobile devices, or using gestures to command computers that are embedded in televisions and cars. Other choices could improve your health; for instance, doctors will craft more effective cancer treatments by understanding the genetics of individual tumors. But no matter the category, all 10 promise to make our lives better."

Please refer to MIT's Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2011 for more details.

Year 2010:

MIT Technology Review:

"Each year, MIT Technology Review selects what it believes are the 10 most important emerging technologies. The winners are chosen based on the editors’ coverage of key fields. The question that we ask is simple: is the technology likely to change the world? Some of these changes are on the largest scale possible: better biofuels, more efficient solar cells, and green concrete all aim at tackling global warming in the years ahead. Other changes will be more local and involve how we use technology: for example, 3-D screens on mobile devices, new applications for cloud computing, and social television. And new ways to implant medical electronics and develop drugs for diseases will affect us on the most intimate level of all, with the promise of making our lives healthier."

Please refer to MIT's Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2010 for more details. 

Year 2009:

MIT Technology Review:

"Technology Review presents its annual list of 10 technologies that can change the way we live."